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From: Ron Nixon <[log in to unmask]>
To: UGA>EDU> <CONCH-L@LISTSERV>
Date: Tuesday, August 03, 1999 4:13 PM
Subject: New Subscriber and Questions about Cabo and Kauai


>Whew..am I glad to have found you!  I am Clair Beckmann..a middle to old
>aged banker in Boulder, Colorado who also owns a condo on Sanibel Island
and
>belongs to the shell club there.  My husband and I (mostly me actually!)
>love to shell collect.  We have been going to Sanibel to Shell for almost
20
>years and the highlight was finding 3 junonia in one day.  We love to
travel
>as well and include shells via snorkeling or beachcombing in our travels.
>We recently returned froma two week trip to Fiji with Anne Joffe from She
>sells sea shells and we found tons of great stuff.
>
>My husband is retired and I plan to retire in two years..we have a 16 yr
old
>daughter and a Golden Retriever and love to read, eat, travel  and garden.
>
>Ok..so several questions.  We are going to Cabo San Lucas in October...any
>ideas of good beaches to comb or places to snorkel for shells........???
>
>We are going to Kauai in November and wonder what spots are good shelling
>spots there as well???
>
>Also, we would like to travel to Australia and heard someone might take
>shelling trips from somewhere downunder..any ideas??
>
>And although we met Peggy Williams on our Fiji trip and she in fact told me
>about CONCH_L....are there any other people or groups who specialize in
>shelling sojurns?  I would love to get on their mailing lists.
>
>THANKS for the help and for being here for us people who dream about
shells,
>surround ourselves with shells, and are used to people around us here in
the
>mountains looking at us like we are nuts when we declare our love of
shells!
>
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